THE MOHXING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918.
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FRENCH DEFEATED,
REICHSTAG IS TOLD
General von Stein Says That
Foch Reserve Army Ex
ists No Longer.
HUN HOPES ARE BOLSTERED
"Washington Officials Say German
tiencral Boasts to Encourage
Country Allied Commander
Conserving Men for Blow.
AMSTERDAM, June 12. "A great
part of the French army has been beat
en," General von Stein, the Prussian
War Minister, declared In a speech to
the Reichstag, according to Berlin ad
vices. .
"The so-called Foch reserve army no
longer exists," the Minister asserted.
"The success of the Crown Prince's
carefully prepared attacks against the
French and British on the Chemin-des-Uames
front on May 27 inflicted one
of the gravest defeats the entente has
Buffered during the entire war.'
General Talks Boastingly.
"The entente is beginning to admit
heavy defeat. Voices already are mak
ing themselves heard in entente coun
tries that Russian treachery is to
blame for the entente's heavy defeat.
That is gratitude to a former ally
which bled to death for England.
"It was not the disintegration of
Russia that was responsible for the
entente's defeat. It must rather be
said that the help of Russia, the crush
Ing of which, claimed a great part of
our forces, hitherto had enabled the
entente to resist us militarily.
"The entente is fully conscious of
the seriousness of its position. It
openly admits the melting away of Its
troops and comforts its people with
having the help of America. The be
lief In American assistance is being
systematically grafted into the French
'.people to arouse them to a continued
endurance of useless bloodshed."
WASHINGTON, June 12. Announce
ment by the Prussian War Minister to
the Reichstag that "the so-called Foch
reserve army no longer exists" is re
garded by officials here as designed to
encourage the German population.
Offensive Cause Change.
The actual situation at the front, they
Bay, stands as a Hat contradiction.
Before the German attack was made
the Supreme War Council at Versailles
hud worked out a programme for limit
ed pooling of a mobile force of some
S00.000 men, composed of 200,000 French
200,000 British. 200,000 Americans and
200,000 Italians, which was to have
been employed mainly to support of
fensive operations on fronts selected by
the Versailles council.
ine organization or tms army was
never completed, however, the emer
gency created by the German offensive
causing a wholly new pooling agree
ment, under which General Foch be
came supreme commander. He now di
rects rne employment or all active as
well as reserve armies. No army now
exists which could be called "the Foch
reserve army" because as supreme com
mander that officer has under him all
of the forces facing the German on
slaught. Foch Bides Time.
The Prussian War Minister's state
ment, however, admittedly touches the
very heart of the problem facing Gen
eral Foch. The fact that, although
under unceasing attack since March
21, the allied and American forces have
not struck back in anything approach
ing a major operation Is regarded as
conclusive proof that the supreme com
mander, backed by the Supreme War
Council, is striving by every means in
liis power to stem the German rush and
exhaust its offensive power without
depleting his own forces. If he is suc-
cesmui ana mere Is nov every con
fidence both here and abroad that the
battle is half won officers here' believe
he can turn the tables on the enemy
ultimately and use his reserves to
crush German ambition finally.
Officers here pay high tribute to the
genius ol General Foch because he has
avoided the employment of his max!
mum power and has blocked the road
tcfthe Channel ports in such fashion
that his antagonists have been com
pelled to seek diversion at other points.
It is his reserves, standing ready along
the vital sectors or his line, they say.
that forced the enemy to attempt the
movement on the Aisne front and the
later efforts between Montdidier and
Noyon.
them was several times their superior
In numbers. When tire enemy was
seen to be retiring, although still
making a fierce fight In order to hold
his gains made in the first days of the
battle, the allies dashed forward with,
if possible, augmented ardor. '
. German Attack Repulsed.
The advantage gained by the allies
yesterday was even greater than at
first reported. Besides carrying out
remarkably successful counter attacks,
resulting In the restoration of some
territory and the capture of many pris
oners, they repulsed a very fierce Ger
man attack in the region cf Bethan
court, Machemont and Chevincourt.
The enemy, by employing large
forces, was able to obtain a footing in
Machemont and Bethancourt, but an
immediate counter blow drove them
from the latter, while they never
reached Chevincourt.
French cannon and machine guns
have reaped a heavy toll since Sunday.
An entire division of the famous Jaeger
was cut to pieces at Ressons-sur-Matz,
while a guards division lost a great
proportion of its effectives. Other di
visions, it is learned, suffered equally
during the preparation for the attack
and the advance to the narrow valleys,
all the passes of which were dominated
by the allied guns. Every prisoner
taKen seems horror stricken at the
slaughter of his comrades.
Allied Attacks Succeed.
The allied troops yesterday showed
the Germans they could not have it all
their own way by executing a number
of counter attacks which were invari
ably successful Some important terri
tory was won back and inroads even
were made into the German positions.
Tuesday was, in fact, a thoroughly
good day for the allies, who, in addi
tion to regaining ground, captured
more than 1000 prisoners.
The principal counter-attack oc
curred between Domfront, near Rubes
court, and Wacquemoulin, south of
Belloy, a front of about 12 kilometers.
Allied infantry supported by tanks
achieved an advance averaging 1500
meters. They retook Belloy, reached
the edge of St. Maur, arrived north of
Porte and Loge's farms and secured a
foothold at Antheuil.
French Show Bravery.
The French troops displayed remark
able courage and willingness to get at
the foe, who appeared completely dis
concerted by their dash. Horse teams
could be seen galloping forward to
save the guns and some of the Ger
mans lost their heads completely. The
battle ground is literally covered with
German dead.
The counter-attack on the French
left wing, which was the first carried
out yesterday, took the French close
to the original lines as they stood Sun
day. The allies also got beyond Mery
in another assault, while a further
fierce return blow enabled them to
reach the vicinity of St. Maur.
Details concerning the battle' be
tween Montdidier and the Oise show
that on Sunday morning 14 German di
visions (about 190,000 men) joined in
the first onslaught. Of these five cho
sen divisions were detailed to break
through the center of the French line.
These included regiments of guards
and Jaegers.
Bodies Use Many Troops.
All the units engaged had been
brought to fullest strength, having
been reinforced arter the March and
May offensives. Since the beginning of
the battle other divisions have been
thrown into the line.
The allies, who had suspected that
an attack was about to begin, were
spread in deep formations, the first
lines being Just sufficiently manned to
delay the enemy's rapid progress until
the action developed, and in the mean
time falling back, fighting to the real
line of defense.
Owing to his great strength, the ene
my succeeded in fighting his way
through a depression forming the cen
ter of the allies' position, but the
flanks held more firmly.
The German objectives for the first
day were Tricot, Mery and Belloy. The
last two they managed to capture on
Monday after terrible fighting, but
their hold was but temporary, for the
French, with wonderful dash, came
back yesterday and forced them to re
tire, sorely punished.
The second day's objective was Com-
piegne, but his arrival there was pre
vented, and he is still some distance
away.
It Is the general impression that the
battle will continue for some days, dur
ing which other slight fluctuations in
the line may occur, but the evident re
sults of their first dash are disappoint
ing to the Germans, who, seeing them
selves held here, may turn their atten
tion elsewhere.
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BATTLE HANGS IN BALANCE
(Continued From First Pag'.)
which is a most important point, as it
commands the valley.
Toward tne center the enemy
launched several attacks today, but the
line held firmly, although some enemy
detachments succeeded in filtering into
the Matz Valley through the wooded
country.
Kneray Gain Costly.
Tard by yard the French fought
while the Germans tried to push them
hack by sheer force of numbers
Kventually the enemy succeeded in
gaining a little ground, but at the
cost of a fearful sacrifice.
South of the River Oise and also
south of the Aisne the Germans showed
much activity today, endeavoring to
reduce the allied salier.t.
The spirit of the allied infantrymen
when they went forward in their coun
ter attack yesterday was very high,
although they knew the enemy facing
NEW FIR PRICES AGREED ON
(Continued From First Pagre.)
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MERCERIZED LISLE SUITS
$2.00
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WOMEN'S
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KAYSER'S
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BOYS'
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KAYSER'S
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KAYSER'S
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BOYS'
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SPY CHARGE IS MADE
Ex-Lord Mayor of Sheffield,
England, Accused.
SIR JOSEPH JONAS HELD
WARTIME RECIPE
FOR GRAY HAIR
Actresa Gives Simple, Inexpensive Rec
ipe for Streaked or Faded
Cray Hair.
Mrs. Mackie. the well-known New
York actress, now a grandmother, and
whose hair Is still dark, recently made
the following statement: "Gray,
streaked or faded hair can be Imme
diately turned black, . brown or light
brown, whichever shade 'you desire, by
the use of the following simple remedy
that you can make at home:
"'Merely get a small box of Orlex
powder at any drug store. It costs only
25 cents and no extras to buy. Dissolve
it In one ounce of water and comb it
through the hair. Full directions for
use come In each box.
"You need not hesitate to use Orlex,
as a J100.00 gold bond comes in each
box guaranteeing the user that Orlex
powder does not contain silver, lead,
zinc, sulphur, mercury, aniline, coal
tar products or their derivatives.
"It does not rub off. is not sticky or
greasy, and leaves the hair fluffy. It
will make a gray-haired person look
many years younger." Adv.
mum charges for carload shipments
shall be $15 per car.
The lumbermen proved to the satis
faction of the Railway Administration
and the price-fixing committee that
such a carload minimum would Increase
the rate of log delivery from camps to
mills approximately 100 per cent.
Consumer Not Affected.
Much of the time during the last
two weeks has been taken up In con
sidering the War Industries Board's
plan for fixing the price of lumber to
the retail and wholesale trade without
attempting to fix it to ultimate consum
ers. The lumbermen contended that
such price-fixing scheme is unneces
sary, impractical and highly compli
cated. Certain of the price-fixing committee
and the War Industries Board are said
to share these views, and are disposed
to pass the issue for the present, pend
ing the working out of a plan which
will fix the price of lumber to the con
sumer, involving the regulating of dis
tribution through approximately 75,000
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers.
It is understood that the West
Coast Lumbermen's Association in ac
cepting the prices fixed today, did so
unconditionally as applying to Gov
ernment requirements, but declined to
accept the general application to the
trade, unless the same.' regulations
should be applied to Southern Pine, the
manufacturers of which were before
the price fixing committee today.
Commercial Woods Affected.
Up to the present time Government
regulation has only been applied to
Douglas fir and Southern pine, which
are the two principal commercial woods
of the United States, and strongly com
petitive with each other. It is under
stood that the ultimate programme
carries price fixing to all commercial
woods. Including about 30 varieties of
hard woods.
The Southerners were to have been
heard last week, but the Southern
piners, after preparing the most elab
orate data ever compiled in the lum
ber industry, abandoned it in favor of
the West Coast plan of presentation
which was worked out by B. B. Hazen,
of Portland, chairman of the cost ac
counting committee of the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association. This neces
sitated a complete reconstruction of the
Southern cost accounting charts and
tabulations and resulted in a postpone
ment of the hearing today.
With the sudden and apparently sat
isfactory termination of the case, both
lumbermen and loggers started West
tonight, with the exception of Robert
B. Allen, who will remain for several
weeks in connection with certain large
contracts which are likely to be award
ed West Coast mills In the near future.
Offense Said to Have Been Commit
ted Before Hostilities Opened.
War Official Will
Figure In Case.
LONDON, June 12. Sir Joseph Jonas.
Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1905 and
a steel manufacturer, was 'in. Bow
street Police Court today on the charge
that, with various other persona whose
names were not known, he "did obtain
u H communicate certain information
prejudicial to the Interests of the state
and Information useful to the enemy
and Information relating to prohibited
places and things therein."
Sir Josepn was rsiuucu . " -
on bail.
The offense with which Jonas was
charged today was committed, accord
ing to the Hivening uc.o
war began.
It is understood aiso, mm a.
Office official will figure In tne
according to the same source.
Senator Johnson, "that I am indulg
ing in no hostile accusation or criti
cism. I ask. Just as I have a right
to ask. that when an extraordinary
order of this sort Is made, when a
brave spirit is humbled at the very
time that he expects to go across the
water and fight for his Nation, that
there be forthcoming to the American
people some sort of explanation.
"Nothing better Illustrates Just how
far we have gone in this Government
of ours today than the fact that there
is no explanation made to the Amer
ican people or to the Congress of the
United States."
HOLDUP ADMITS HIS GUILT
Wobbly" Card Is Propped In Flight
From Patrolman.
CKNTRALIA. Wash.. June 12. (Spe
cial.) Pete Loftus, arrested by the lo
cal police yesterday, has confessed to
holding up Floyd Trumond. of Aber
deen, and enraging in a revolver duel
with Patrolman Brown. Monday morn
ing. Loftus was taken from the city
Jail last night to the Iewis County
jail.
-ine nomup denied having been a
member of the I. W. W. since the first
of the year, although he dropped
"wobbly" card when he fled from the
scene of his encounter with the patrol
an.
War
case,
1918 PRUNE PRICES FIXED
Eight and Half t;ents rcr rouna
Net to Growers Announced.
WASHINGTON. June 12. Maximum
prices of 8 cents per pound net to
prune growers and 6V4 cents per pound
to growers of raisins for the 1918 crops,
were pronounced tonight by the Food
Administration. '
The prices, recommended by the
growers of California, are higher than
had been expected, the Administration's
announcements said but they are Jus
tified by the labor situation, increased
costs and probable prune shortage.
"Later conferences" said the an
nouncement, "will determine the mar
gins to various handlers of the crops
after which retail prices can be com
puted."
MORE LIGHT IS DEMANDED
(Continued From Tim Pare.)
A German submarine without a peri
scope carries on its observations by
means of lenses at either side and other
lenses and mirrors properly arranged.
The submarine thus equipped is obliged
to travel nearer the surface than is
necessary in the case of the older
model.
mander-in-Chief to select whomsoever
he pleases for official command.
Cold Facta Wasted.
"But there is one thing that the
American people have a right to ask at
this Juncture; one thing that I have
riuht to ask. and every other man has
a right to ask. whose blood ia in France
today, and that is. why do you keep
out of the fighting line a man whom
we believe to be a soldier of ability and
intrepidity, a soldier who could render
valuable service in this hour?
"In asking it I do not ask that he
be permitted to go; I do not ask that
decision be changed, but I say, in this
democracy of ours, why should not the
people of the United States be entitled
to some explanation and 1 say fur
ther without the possibility of contra
diction of the facts that today there
is not a government upon the face of
the earth that would treat its ranking
General in the fashion that General
Wood was treated without an explana
tion to its people."
Canadian Views Cited.
Senator Johnson read into the rec
ord a short communication entitled
"Canada and General Wood," in which
it was stated that me removal of Gen
eral Wood had created a very bad im
pression in Canada.
"I iterate and I reiterate," continued
MISS HELEN GERSON WED
Husband Is Lieutenant Roettiger, of
Fountain City, Wis.
Lieutenant Nonman Roettiger. Med
ical Reserve Corps, stationed at Camp
Lewis, and Miss Helen Gerson were
married last night at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. P. M. North. 856
Castle avenue. A supper followed the
ceremony, after which the young cou
ple left for a short wedding trip to
the beaches and other points of In
tenest around Portland. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. K. J. Ebbling,
of the Lutheran Church.
Lieutenant Roettiger is the son of
Henry Roettiger. a contractor of Foun
tain City, Wis.
IRRIGATION PLEA MADE
SIXXOTl', IX HOI SE SPKKCll, FA
VORS LAItl.K APPROPRIATIONS.
Plan Exploited to Provide I.aada for
Soldier When They Return
From War.
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OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 12. Representative Sin
nott. during debate in the House today,
urged Congress to vote a large appro
priation for building new irrigation
projects in order that returning sol
diers, at the close of the war. may
have suitable land on which to estab
lish homes. .
Failing in that, he urged the pas
sage of the Chamberlain-Smith bill, un
der which the Government will get
back of irrisaution bonds and make it
possible for Irrigation districts to fi
nance new work.
He read to the House a letter from
J. H. Upton, president of the Irrigation
Congress, advocating this plan and the
employing of German prisoners of war.
as is done in Canada, in building irri
gation projects for lands which later
are to become the homes of returning
fighters.
Mr. Sinnott showed how the people
of Oregon are, even now, by bond is
sues, raising S3.400.000 to finance the
Warm Springs. Jordan Valley and
Ochoco Irrigation projects In Malheur
and Crook counties, a sum, he pointed
out. that Is within $900,000 of the total
amount spent in Oregon by the Govern
ment under the reclamation act.
H. B. Van Duxer, of Portland, has
been named as chairman of the fir
production board in the Pacific North
west, succeeding J. H. Bloedel, of Seattle.
the local United States hydrograpic
office that a man clad in civilian
clothes is making a house-to-house
canvass In an effort to obtain binocu
lars, sextants and other nautical in
struments for the Navy. .
J. C. Burnett. Lieutenant IT. S. N.. in
charge of the office in the Merchants'
Exchange, has Issued warning that no
such person has been authorized to
canvass for such articles and that, the
man Is a fraud.
MONEY GIVEN NORTHWEST
Sundry Civil Bill Carries Number
tf Appropriation.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 12. The sundry civil bill
reported to the House of Representa
tives Thursday Carries the following
Northwestern appropriations:
Umatilla irrigation project. $80,000.
Klamath project, $43.000.
Crater Lake National ParJc. $50,000
for construction and maintenance of
roads and $13,225 for administration.
Out of these appropriations will be
taken enouirh to purchase one automo
bile and two horse-drawn vehicles for
the accommodation of visitors.
Protection of O. & C. ami Coos Bay
grant lands against tire, $25,000.
Care of Alaska Insane at Portland,
$99,000. or $420 per capita.
Mount Rainier National Park, $24.60i.
for new cell wine. $7500 for isolation
building and $64,750 for administration
and supplies.
Yakima irrigation project, $645,000.
Okanogan project. $29.nno.
Kolse. Idaho, project, $732,000.
King Hill project. Idaho. $423. noo.
Minidoka project, $49. noo.
Freight Hates Modified.
WASHINGTON. June 12. Modifica
tions of the recent freight rate lncreasu
order, announced lonlKht by Director
General McAdoo. provide that the plan
by which intrastate rates would have
been cancelled when in conflict with
inter-state rates, shall be rescinded;
that the minimum charge of $15 a car
shall not apply to local switching move
ments nor to heavy articles such a
brick, sand, lumber, ore and coal; ami
that the Increase of 15 cents per hun
dred pounds on cotton is to apply to
any quantity instead of only to carloads.
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